Re: [OpenAFS] pam_krb5afs unable to obtain tokens

2005-03-10 Thread Andreas Haupt
On Wed, 9 Mar 2005, Dimitris Zilaskos wrote: Hello and sorry for the OT , We are running a Heimdal KDC which is also an OpenAFS 1.2 server. We have been using it for sometime with windows and gentoo linux clients. Recently we installed Scientific Linux 3.0.4, a RHEL compatible OS. Using aut

Re: [OpenAFS] Any plans to remove 65K files per dir limit in OpenAFS?

2005-03-10 Thread Derrick J Brashear
On Thu, 10 Mar 2005, Mike Fedyk wrote: http://lists.openafs.org/pipermail/openafs-info/2002-September/005812.html Are there any plans to remove this limitation? The directory object format will need to change. There's a plan but it's not simple by any stretch. _

[OpenAFS] Any plans to remove 65K files per dir limit in OpenAFS?

2005-03-10 Thread Mike Fedyk
http://lists.openafs.org/pipermail/openafs-info/2002-September/005812.html Are there any plans to remove this limitation? How can anyone use AFS for their home directory with a MailDir based mail program and subscribe to an active list? Mike ___ OpenAFS

[OpenAFS] Using callbacks for file locking?

2005-03-10 Thread Mike Fedyk
Hi, Here is my current (probably flawed) understanding of callbacks. When the cache manager (CM) connects to a RW volume, it sets a callback for that file to be notified to invalidate its local copy if another CM writes to the file. Kinda like Oplocks in the SMB/CIFS world. So, why couldn't cal

Re: [OpenAFS] /etc/passwd mgmt

2005-03-10 Thread Russ Allbery
Chris Huebsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Exactly. I strongly recommend using LDAP to distribute user-info (as a > replacement for /etc/passwd). > As far as I tried it, it integrates well with Linux and Solaris. > Hesiod, NIS, etc. are not that flexible and stable. Not that I would actually e

Re: [OpenAFS] Problems with afs driver on a Solaris 8 SF15K

2005-03-10 Thread Derrick J Brashear
On Thu, 10 Mar 2005, rogbazan wrote: What is the risk of running different versions in client than server roles? i mean, could i install OpenAFS on my Solaris Client, having IBM Transarc on my dbservers and fileservers? Yes, sure, that's fine. ___ OpenAF

Re: [OpenAFS] Problems with afs driver on a Solaris 8 SF15K

2005-03-10 Thread rogbazan
What is the risk of running different versions in client than server roles? i mean, could i install OpenAFS on my Solaris Client, having IBM Transarc on my dbservers and fileservers? On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 17:20:17 -0500 (EST), Derrick J Brashear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 10 Mar 2005, rog

Re: [OpenAFS] /etc/passwd mgmt

2005-03-10 Thread Chris Huebsch
Hi, On Thu, 10 Mar 2005, Dj Merrill wrote: Benjamin P Myers wrote: openldap isn't so hard to configure if you're not going to worry about some of the more advanced features like TLS, SASL, etc. Exactly. I strongly recommend using LDAP to distribute user-info (as a replacement for /etc/passwd). As

Re: [OpenAFS] Problems with afs driver on a Solaris 8 SF15K

2005-03-10 Thread Derrick J Brashear
On Thu, 10 Mar 2005, rogbazan wrote: Let me see if i understood what you say: My client´s version (ibm transarc v3.6 rel 2.48), is very old. Yes. It does not occurs with OpenAFS? Unknown. No basis for comparison. While the view to a user should be the same we have changed and fixed things; I haven

Re: [OpenAFS] Problems with afs driver on a Solaris 8 SF15K

2005-03-10 Thread rogbazan
Let me see if i understood what you say: My client´s version (ibm transarc v3.6 rel 2.48), is very old. It does not occurs with OpenAFS? The " if " code that you are adding to your answer is part of IBM Transarc version´s or, it appears in Open AFS too?. Th conclusion could be the insufficient nu

Re: [OpenAFS] Problems with afs driver on a Solaris 8 SF15K

2005-03-10 Thread Derrick J Brashear
On Thu, 10 Mar 2005, rogbazan wrote: Hi, we had a client on a SunFire 15K, and it died, a few days ago. Sun Microsystems review the dump generated by the host at the panic time; and this what they told us about the problem: It called osi_Panic in afs_GetDCache, but this isn't even OpenAFS, perhaps

[OpenAFS] Problems with afs driver on a Solaris 8 SF15K

2005-03-10 Thread rogbazan
Hi, we had a client on a SunFire 15K, and it died, a few days ago. Sun Microsystems review the dump generated by the host at the panic time; and this what they told us about the problem: Lines in the dump file: Mar 2 20:07:03 2005 panic[cpu482]/thread=3009a3306c0: getdcache <-- Panic: it points t

Re: [OpenAFS] /etc/passwd mgmt

2005-03-10 Thread Dj Merrill
Benjamin P Myers wrote: openldap isn't so hard to configure if you're not going to worry about some of the more advanced features like TLS, SASL, etc. Long run, it might be better for you to go that route because you can use it to backend kerberos and for dns--it could simplify things for you l

Re: [OpenAFS] /etc/passwd mgmt

2005-03-10 Thread Chris Crowther
Dj Merrill wrote: I've considered NIS, but don't really care for it, and LDAP might have some possbibilities, but we don't want to delve into Personally I'd go the LDAP route. It may require a little more work at the outset, but once you've done it, you've done it. It also makes your use

Re: [OpenAFS] /etc/passwd mgmt

2005-03-10 Thread Benjamin P Myers
On Thursday 10 March 2005 12:10 am, Dj Merrill wrote: > I've considered NIS, but don't really care for it, and > LDAP might have some possbibilities, but we don't want to delve into > its depths at this time. Distributing the /etc/passwd text file > would seem to be the preferred method at

[OpenAFS] /etc/passwd mgmt

2005-03-10 Thread Dj Merrill
Hi all, I've worked with AFS/OpenAFS for about 5 years in total, and may have the opportunity to setup a fresh OpenAFS installation from scratch in the near future. In my previous employment, we had a bunch of homebrew scripts to manage a text-file database that would generate appropriate

RE: [OpenAFS] adding a server to a cell

2005-03-10 Thread Dexter Kimball
If the fileserver is running, put a volume on it. "vos create -help" Mount the volume. (fs mkmount -help) cd to the mount point. client reads mount point, asks vlserver where new volume is located. vlserver looks up volname, returns location, which is a vice partition on the new fileserver.

Re: [OpenAFS] OpenAFS 1.3.77 on Windows Terminal Server

2005-03-10 Thread Jeffrey Altman
Christoph Ziegler wrote: We have a problem with OpenAFS1.3.7700 (also with 1.3.7801 or 1.3.7702) on terminal servers (Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition). Users can work with all applications, also with AFS. But if more than one users work at the same time activ with AFS (e.g. copying at the sa

Re: [OpenAFS] AFS cache on loop device

2005-03-10 Thread Chris Crowther
Ingo van Lil wrote: Yes, there is: I'm using ReiserFS for all my regular partitions. Forgot to mention that, sorry. No you didn't; you did mention it :) -- Chris Crowther J&M Crowther Ltd. ___ OpenAFS-info mailing list OpenAFS-info@openafs.org https

[OpenAFS] adding a server to a cell

2005-03-10 Thread rc647bob
server OS: win2k cell OS: rh9 Problem: how can I make the added server (file server is running) visible in my existing cell. I've been reading the "Installing Additional Server Machines:Installing an Additional File Server Machine" section of the manual, but I'm unsure of what instructions to b

Re: [OpenAFS] AFS cache on loop device

2005-03-10 Thread Ingo van Lil
On 10 Mar 2005, Jim Rees wrote: > Also, there is no reason the cache has to be on a separate partition. Yes, there is: I'm using ReiserFS for all my regular partitions. Forgot to mention that, sorry. Apart from that: Having the cache on a separate partiton avoids AFS problems in case the / partit

Re: [OpenAFS] AFS cache on loop device

2005-03-10 Thread Matt Benjamin
Sometimes people's root partition is reiserfs or xfs (or...) ... Matt Jim Rees wrote: That was easy, thanks a lot. :-) Also, there is no reason the cache has to be on a separate partition. ___ OpenAFS-info mailing list OpenAFS-info@openafs.org https://li

Re: [OpenAFS] AFS cache on loop device

2005-03-10 Thread Jim Rees
That was easy, thanks a lot. :-) Also, there is no reason the cache has to be on a separate partition. ___ OpenAFS-info mailing list OpenAFS-info@openafs.org https://lists.openafs.org/mailman/listinfo/openafs-info

Re: [OpenAFS] AFS cache on loop device

2005-03-10 Thread Ingo van Lil
On 10 Mar 2005, Kris Van Hees wrote: > Upgrade to OpenAFS 1.3.79... The 1.3.78 version has a problem that causes the > cache fs to remain marked in use even when AFS has been shut down. That was easy, thanks a lot. :-) Cheers, Ingo __

[OpenAFS] OpenAFS 1.3.77 on Windows Terminal Server

2005-03-10 Thread Christoph Ziegler
We have a problem with OpenAFS1.3.7700 (also with 1.3.7801 or 1.3.7702) on terminal servers (Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition). Users can work with all applications, also with AFS. But if more than one users work at the same time activ with AFS (e.g. copying at the same time), then AFS Clie

Re: [OpenAFS] AFS cache on loop device

2005-03-10 Thread Kris Van Hees
Upgrade to OpenAFS 1.3.79... The 1.3.78 version has a problem that causes the cache fs to remain marked in use even when AFS has been shut down. Kris On Thu, Mar 10, 2005 at 02:36:44PM +0100, Ingo van Lil wrote: > Hi there, > > I recently installed OpenAFS 1.3.78 on my Linux 2.6.8 laptop. >

[OpenAFS] AFS cache on loop device

2005-03-10 Thread Ingo van Lil
Hi there, I recently installed OpenAFS 1.3.78 on my Linux 2.6.8 laptop. Unfortunately I didn't think I'd ever need to access AFS on that machine when I installed my distribution, so I didn't allocate any space for an ext2 AFS cache partition (I'm using reiserfs for about everything). So, in order

Re: [OpenAFS] Problem with openafs-1.3.79 on kernel 2.6.11

2005-03-10 Thread Dr A V Le Blanc
I (Dr A V Le Blanc) wrote: > After some careful testing on various smaller machines, we decided > to move one of our web servers to Openafs 1.3.79 with kernel 2.6.11; > with the exception of the kernel, we are using a fairly standard > Debian sarge system, with glibc 2.3.2. On Tue, Mar 08, 2005 at